Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to reply questions underneath oath Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, a author who accused Trump of defamation for saying she was "completely mendacity" a couple of sexual assault allegation.
Trump had sought to delay the deposition after a federal appeals court docket in September left open the likelihood that the Justice Division may be capable to defend Trump from the swimsuit. However a federal decide in New York refused to delay the case, ordering Trump on Oct. 12 to sit down Wednesday for the high-stakes deposition.
He'll be questioned by legal professionals for Carroll who've indicated in court docket filings that the deposition could also be utilized in one other civil swimsuit they are saying Carroll intends to file in November, a sexual assault declare in opposition to Trump.
Carroll will be capable to pursue the lawsuit as of Nov. 24, when a brand new state regulation known as the Grownup Survivors Act creates a one-year window permitting sexual assault claims that will in any other case be barred by New York's statute of limitations.
Carroll, a longtime Elle recommendation columnist, filed the federal defamation swimsuit in 2019, after Trump accused her of mendacity when she stated he sexually assaulted her in a high-end New York Metropolis division retailer within the Nineteen Nineties.
Trump has repeatedly denied Carroll's allegations.